'Orange is the New Black's' Laverne Cox talks her historic Emmy nomination

August 26, 2014 8:24 AM

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It's not in the video, but when I first met Laverne Cox at the Emmys she told me I had beautiful eyes and it pretty much made the rest of my day. Just saying.

Though she lost out to her "Orange is the New Black" co-star Uzo Aduba at the Creative Arts Emmys last week (both women were nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series), Cox won people's hearts with a moving statement released immediately after her historic nod - the first for an ope...